Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 561 · 40 questions

How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

1. 1.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) jumped (c) together
3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) grandmother (c) help
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) teacher (b) yesterday (c) conversation
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) alligator (b) newspaper (c) vocabulary
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) wonderful (b) curiosity (c) friend
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) child (b) picture (c) personality
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) river (c) watermelon
32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) alligator (c) jumped
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) answer (b) university (c) grandmother
35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) answer (c) personality
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) teacher (c) information
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) mango (b) personality (c) geography

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